Minnesota and Idaho

So Alex and I (and Maria) left for Minnesota and Idaho. Alex spoke at two events and we combined that with a getaway. We have gone the two previous years as well and it is a nice tradition now :-) Farmor made it possible by watching the boys at home. 

It was my first time in Minnesota so I got to cross that put on the list!

Because he had two speeches it was busier this year than last but we still got some time in the hot tub and a fancy dinner on two-man-hand (and Maria) :-) We also met a lot of nice people as always!

Since we didn’t have so many kids to take pictures of this will be with Maria only. 😆

We had to get up really really early to leave so Maria got to travel in her PJs.  

In our hotel room in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. View over the lake. 

At the conference in coeur d’Alene. Maria wearing the traditional Swedish hat that is from mormor when she was a baby. 

Yep, I’m crawling now, you better watch out!

First boat ride and Astro Skate

So much fun is going on and the days get very busy. While we are getting our school work done we have also been to the skate park, Marlee has gone surfing, we took the boat out for the first time this year and first time for Maria. The other day we also went roller skating with one of our co-ops. So much fun! When I’m writing this Alex and I (and Maria) are on our yearly get away to Idaho. This year we also made a quick stop in a Minnesota, a state I had never been to. :-) 

Before posting new pictures I want to post a picture that I posted last time, except this time I merged two pictures to get Maria’s face in it as well. The two right rectangles are one picture and the left two is another picture.

She did so good in her (David’s old) life vest. 

A very cold Rafael after surfing behind the boat. The water is not really warm yet. However, for a Swede it’s not so bad. 

This picture cracks me up!!😂

Rafael

Marlee

Gabriel

Noah was on the boat ride as well but somehow didn’t appear in front of the camera. He didn’t want to surf behind the boat. During the boat trip we also went to explore an island but I left the phone on the boat so no pictures do that. 

Gabriel created a little photo shoot and took pictures of his sister 💙💕 He is so creative and artistic!

Astro skate with coop. David dis not want to skate but he was happy just hanging out. We did go for a walk (David on a bike) outside for a while to enjoy the beautiful weather and let David have some fun. 

Flower we found during our walk. 

Maria is so popular everywhere we go!

Leaving the boys with farmor and heading out of town! I had less than three hours of sleep so I might look a little tired :-D

Gorgeous weather!!

The weather has been gorgeous lately and we try to be outside as much as possible.

We went a little north along the beach and explored some new territories :-)

Sleeping beauty has moved into hit crib and left the bassinet for night sleep.

Gabriel went on a field trip the past week with one of his friends. They found a sea horse in the river!!

Out by our land in De Leon Springs

Sunset at the skate park and Maria can sit up

Back home and back to normal.

Maria is doing schoolwork with Gabriel :-)

Skatepark at sunset :-)

Look at me (Maria) sitting up!!!

At coop and time for art.

Gabriel giving a presentation on his cursive writing. Marlee and Noah are taking an online cursive class and Gabriel wanted to do it to.

We made it to a ballet in Orlando the other day despite the crazy traffic in Ormond thanks to bike week. It was a two hour show and I was a little worries the little ones would not be able to sit still and enjoy it but they all enjoyed it!! It was based on the book Screwtape letters by CS Lewis (author of the Narnia books).

Seven month at the end of February!!! 

Sweet dreams!